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2026 World Cup: Belfast’s Mick McDermott’s journey from Belfast to becoming Ghana’s assistant coach

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McDermott’s relationship with Queiroz goes back to 2011 and has spanned three different national teams with two spells at Iran as well as one at Qatar and now Ghana, but it was a mutual connection that got the ball rolling for the two to meet.

“Carlos was considering the Iran job in 2011 and my former head coach in the USL in America was Carlos’ long-term goalkeeper coach. I was already in the Middle East, working in Abu Dhabi for a club team and the conversations started. I met Carlos in Doha, we talked and myself and two other staff members joined Carlos and accepted the Iran job and that was the start of it,” he explained.

While he did not accompany Queiroz to Colombia or Egypt, instead taking over at the “mighty Glentoran” where he won an Irish Cup, McDermott did not hesitate in following him to Qatar and now to Ghana after a spell with League of Ireland First Division side Cobh Ramblers.

“Here we are again, another brilliant project with a brilliant football nation. It’s an opportunity I don’t think anyone can say no to, to work with the Ghana football team and Carlos again, it’s been brilliant.”

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While many managers and their coaching staff have a few months to plan everything from travel to squad selection for the World Cup, Queiroz and McDermott did not have that luxury.

Appointed in April, they did not get to work with their full 26-man squad until the end of May, with just one full training session before a 1-1 friendly draw against Wales on 2 June and a flight to the US the next day.

“The logistics and travel were already in place, we tweaked them a little,” he said. “A big group of our players didn’t arrive until 30 May and we didn’t have a full training session until 31 May.

“We had two days, played Wales and flew the next day to the US. We had to submit our 26-man list before we even played Wales but the players have been brilliant to work with.”

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Their last-minute preparations do not seem to have hampered things on the pitch, with Ghana beating Panama 1-0 in their opening Group L game in Toronto, courtesy of a 95th-minute winner from Caleb Yirenkyi.

McDermott has been impressed with how the squad has gelled off the pitch and their musical talents.

“When they are together, as you can see from social media, there is a bond and it’s new to me. I’ve been around the Middle East, Asia, Ireland and US and have had groups with good atmospheres but this, it’s hard to express it. I stand sometimes and just enjoy it,” he said.

“It was the night before we played Panama in the hotel and they have a tradition where the day before their first game after the training session they have a prayer and a song.

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“The song went from the pitch and carried on to the 30-minute bus to the hotel and carried on to the hotel and once they got going they got going, it went on for an hour and a half. When you see the positive energy it gives them it’s nice. My foot started tapping!”

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5 best Minecraft 26.2 seeds

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Minecraft recently got the second game drop of the year officially titled “Chaos Cubed” and it added a lot of new features and items such as sulfur caves, potent sulfur, sulfur cube mob, etc. New features often require a new world to start a new journey and finding the perfect seed can be a daunting task.

This article features five best Minecraft 26.2 seeds to start the perfect new world and try all the new features of the Chaos Cubed game drop. Do note that these seeds work for both Bedrock and Java edition with some exceptions such as structure generation.

5 best Minecraft 26.2 seeds to try the new features of Chaos Cubed update

1) Treasure of structures with cherry blossom biome

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This seed features a plethora of different structures (Image via Mojang Studios || reddit/@Fantastic-End-4694)This seed features a plethora of different structures (Image via Mojang Studios || reddit/@Fantastic-End-4694)
This seed features a plethora of different structures (Image via Mojang Studios || reddit/@Fantastic-End-4694)
  • Seed: 3806707291501128365
  • Version: Java Edition

If you want to start the game with some challenge and a race against time, then this seed is perfect for you. The game spawns you in a beautiful location with snowy mountain peaks, cherry blossom biome, coastal areas, and even a swamp nearby.

However, there are two pillager outposts, a shipwreck nearby, a ruined portal, a sulfur cave, and a village right next to the spawn point. So when you start the world, you can instantly get into combat mode by collecting all the necessary items from the village and shipwreck and then wreak havoc on the pillager outposts.

2) Jagged-mountain in a swamp

This seed is perfect for a fantasy-inspired build (Image via Mojang Studios || reddit/@NaNNaN_NaN)This seed is perfect for a fantasy-inspired build (Image via Mojang Studios || reddit/@NaNNaN_NaN)
This seed is perfect for a fantasy-inspired build (Image via Mojang Studios || reddit/@NaNNaN_NaN)

Seed: 891118132820202107

If you are looking for your next fantasy-building project perhaps inspired by TV series like A Game of Thrones or the movie The Lord of the Rings. This seed features an amazing landscape filled with tall and razor sharp mountains with a mangrove swamp biome around.

You can build a castle, massive walls, watchtowers, or any structure that fits the ambiance of the location. What’s even better is that you can use the newly-added potent sulfur block and make perpetual geysers in the swamp biome

3) Sulfur crater

This seed features a massive sulfur cave biome to explore (Image via Mojang Studios || YouTube@akirby80)This seed features a massive sulfur cave biome to explore (Image via Mojang Studios || YouTube@akirby80)
This seed features a massive sulfur cave biome to explore (Image via Mojang Studios || YouTube@akirby80)

Seed: 42203442493

Finding the newly-added features in Minecraft is what most players aim to do when starting a new world. The Chaos Cubed game drop added a ton of new features and items, including the sulfur cube mob which spawns in sulfur caves. And this seed gives you the sulfur caves in the best way possible.

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Right in the middle of a desert, you will find a massive crater with a large sulfur cave biome that you can explore to find all the new items and the sulfur cube mob. This seed is the best way to start a new world if you are looking for the best sulfur cave biome experience.

4) Small island with village

This seed is perfect for a peaceful game world right at spawn (Image via Mojang Studios || YouTube@akirby80)This seed is perfect for a peaceful game world right at spawn (Image via Mojang Studios || YouTube@akirby80)
This seed is perfect for a peaceful game world right at spawn (Image via Mojang Studios || YouTube@akirby80)

Seed: 101396560

For players who want a peaceful and quite unique location to start their world, this seed might be the one for them. It features a small and quaint island with a village on it and players can expand the entire area to make it even better.

For example, with the use of potent sulfur blocks and a heat source such as lava or magma blocks to create geysers around the village and make it more scenic.

5) Village surrounded by mountain wall

This is one of the most beautiful worlds to spawn in the latest version of the game (Image via Mojang Studios || YouTube@akirby80)This is one of the most beautiful worlds to spawn in the latest version of the game (Image via Mojang Studios || YouTube@akirby80)
This is one of the most beautiful worlds to spawn in the latest version of the game (Image via Mojang Studios || YouTube@akirby80)

Seed: 16515906812

It is very difficult to find regions that are truly breathtaking. This seed spawns you in a gorgeous area with a village surrounded by a ring of snow-covered mountains. The flower-covered valley and the village ensures that you will get all the basic resources along with some villagers to trade with.

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